Assumptions

Examples

• He was forced by the logic of his assumptions to attempt the complete eradication of a system that flatly denied them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He stood against assumptions, and insisted on rigid proof. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Adams started with the assumptions, not im probable, that the orbit of the unknown planet was a circle, and that its distance from the sun was tw ice that of Uranus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• They rest nearly always upon theoretical assumptions of the slenderest kind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Perhaps uncriticised assumptions have obscured the real uses of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• We then proceeded to an analysis of the various assumptions underlying this segregation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• We cannot expect to meet our problems with a few inherited ideas, uncriticised assumptions, a foggy vocabulary, and a machine philosophy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• There are, I hope, no assumptions put forward as dogmas. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This omniscience of the human intellect is one of the commonest assumptions in the world. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If these work out with moderate satisfactoriness, we are content to suppose that our assumptions have been confirmed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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